Pipe holder



- Dec. 18,1928.

E. CALDWELL PIPE HOLD R IN VEN TOR. EdW/h Celia n all ATTORNEYS.

Patented Dec. 18, 1928;

EDWIN CALDWELL, 013 new YORK, iii-Y.

' PIPE HOLDER.

Application 'filed October 3t), 1924. f Serial No. 746,777.

This invention relates'to pipe supports and particularly to pipe supports having add1- tional' functions, such as the supporting and concealing of a supply of matches and the provldmg of a strik ng surface for sa d matches. 1 o I l An object of the invention is to provide an improved device for this purpose which will be light, simple andiinexpensive in construction; which will effectively support any styleof pipe with the bowl upright and with the month end of the stem outof contact with 7 all surfaces; which' may be formed largely or entirely of'bent wire and stamped or bent sheet metal; with whichthe assembly operations are reduced to a minimum; and which is susceptible of embodiment into various ipleasant, attractive and artistic designs;

- Afurther object is to provide an improved device whi'chwi'll support safety match boxes in such a manner that the matches will be conveniently accessible; with which the striking surface of the boxes will be conveniently accessible and .which will present an attractive'appearancef V Various other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description of an embodiment of theiinvention and the novel features will be particularly pointed out in the accompanying claims. 9 I In the accompanying drawingz- Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a lcombined match receptacle and pipe support;

vFig.2isaplan ofthe same; m

Fig. 3 is an end-view of the match receptacle, the pipe holder being omitted;

Fig.4 is a plan of a difierent'form of pipe support constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the same; and Fig. 6 is a perspective of a further and modified embodiment of the pipe support.-

Referring particularly to'Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the'b ase member 1 comprises anopen ended parallelopiped, which ispreferably formed by binding a strip of stamped-sheet metal transversely atspaced points,'the two abut-v ting edges completingthesamebeing unconnected for, a purpose which will. hereinafter appear. Integral tongues 2 are provided upon opposite edges at points corresponding to. one of the walls ofthe parallelepiped and these tonguesare bent downwardly in a di IGOtlOD away from one another asfshown in Figs. land 2 to form supporting feet for the parallelopiped. The parallelopiped is of such internal'proportions that it will snugly receive the outer she'll '3 of the ordinary safety match box and frictionally holdthe same therein; The shell is inserted-therein by sliding it through one of the open ends of the parallelopiped. The two abutting edges I i of the'strip, which completes the paralleloi piped, are unconnected so that when the shell f is inserted, one ofthe walls, adjoining the abutting edges, must be sprung outwardly slightly in order to allow the outershe'll of.

the match box to enter so that the frictional grip upon the shell will be increased without to the insertion of the outer shell. Either one ofi'ering too great a..resistance or hindrance or both side walls of the .parallelopiped will i be provided with apertures or openfwindows 4 through which the striking surface 5 of the match box shell will be exposed to permitthe striking of lmatches'upon such striking'sur face. Since a strlkmg surface always .iforms face. The inner or. container part 6' of the match box may be, shifted endwise in either direction-to permit of the removal of the matches as desired.

The upper horizontal wall of the parallelo piped is drawn upwardly in a transversecdirection for a portion of the'width of the top and the ends of thedrawn portion'cut so as to provide a raised eyelet 7, the endsof which constitute two aligned spaced sockets for a purpose which will hereinafter appear. The support for the pipe is formed from a stretch of wire 8 which is bent intermediate part of a new boX of matches the insertion of a new shell willprovide a new strikingsurthe bowl of a pipe so that the bowl of'the pipe maybe inserted into. the Ll-shaped por tion as indicated in dash linesin Fig; 1.

The portions ofsthe wire at theends' 10f the U portion are bent downwardly asjat 1O (see Fig. l) untilthey strike-the upper sur-' face'of ithe parallelepiped at one end therein a direction away from-the .U-shapedpor- 7 of, the sections 10 being curved towardone p tion as at 11 and extend in nearlyv parallel stretches 12 toward the opposite end of the parallelopiped but rising-from the surface thereof in an inclined direction. \Vhcn the stretches 12 are approximately over such opposite end of the parallelopiped or match enclosure, they curve downwardly and obliquely away from one another as at 13 until they approximately reach the plane of the upper surface of the match enclosure and then extend along and in contact with the upper surface of the parallelopiped or match enclosure-as at 14.. i The ends 15 of the wire are then bent toward one another and enter the sockets at the opposite ends of the eyelet 7. lVhen a pipe, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, is placed upon the support, the bowl is inserted into the U- shaped portion so as to be supported in an upright position by the section 9 and with the stem of the pipe extending along and supported by the stretches 12. By reason of the inclination of the stretches 12, the mouth piece end of the pipe, regardless of the shape of the stem, will always be supported above and out of contact with any surface upon which the parallelopiped may rest and out of contact with the parallelopiped itself so that if there is any salii a upon the mouth piece, it will not be smeared upon any object and at the same time will not be contaminated. The wire pipe prop will be rigidly attached to the match box enclosing shell in the manner shown, since the stretches 14 will prevent rocking of the wire prop to the left in Fig. 1 and the engagement of the sections 11 with the upper surface of the parallelopiped will prevent rocking ofthe wire pipe prop in the reverse direction. The parallelopiped may be conveniently formed by stamping and bending the same from sheet metal and thewire support may be formed in automatic wire bending machinery so that the cost of manufacturing and assembling "is a minimum and a superior product is ob tained.

In Figs. 4 and 5 another embodiment of the invention is illustrated in which the base member 16, forming the support for the wire pipe guard 8 is a flat stamping of sheet metal, having one end formed with teeth 17 I tions from pipe bowls. In this form of the device, the stretches 12 of the pipe guard are cut oflat rather short distances beyondthe section 10 and the severed ends are inserted into sockets 18 which are formed by rolling toward one another tongues on the edge of the base member. The wire pipe prop may be removed readily from the base part by merely withdrawing the section ends 12* from the sockets 18. In this embodiment of the pipe prop, the parts corresponding to similar parts in the preceding embodiment are designated by similar characters with the exponent a. T he pipes are supported in this prop in the'manner similar to that shown in Fig. 1 except that the pipe stem will extend along the base member 16, but out of contact therewith. V

In Fig. 61 have illustrated in perspective another embodiment of the invention in which the wire pipe prop of the character shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is attached to a different form of base member. The base member 19 is a flat stamping of sheet metal, having at one end a rolled tubular bearing 20 with unrolled ears 21 at both ends of the bearing 20 so that when the ends 15 of the wire prop are inserted into the ends of the bearing 20, the stretches 14 will rest against the ears 21 to an extent sufficient to prevent rotation of the wire prop support in .a direction to the left in this figure. The engagement of the prop with theupper face of the base member will prevent rotation in the other direction and, therefore, a comparatively rigid structure is obtained by the mere insertion of the ends of thewire prop into the opposite ends of the bearing 20. A pipe may be supported in this embodimentin the same manner as shown in Fig. 1.

In all of the different embodiments which have been illustrated the pipe will be sup ported with the bowl upright and out of contact with the surface upon which it is desired to be sup orted so. that the heat of the bowl will not e transmitted to furniture or other objects upon which one desires to support the pipe and with the bowl firmly supported in an upright position, and there will be no danger of ashes falling therefrom and injuring furniture or other objects over which the pipe is supported. Each form of the supportis extremely light, simple, prac tical, convenient and relatively inexpensive.

It will be understood that various changes in the details, which have been herein de- 110 scribed and illustrated in order that the nature of the invention may be understood, may be made by those skilled in the art within the principle and scope of the invention as expressed in the appended claims; i V 115 I claim: Y

1. In a pipe support, a base member having sockets, and a wire pipe bowl prop 'hav-' ing its ends received in, said sockets and intermediate of itsends bent to form a partial enclosure in which a pipe bowl may be supported in an upright position.

2. In a pipe support, a base member having sockets, and a wire strip bent intermethe base member 16 upon the same face of bent downwardly from the U-shaped portion andthen at an angle to the downward- 130 1y extending sections md ina directionaway clamped by said base member and having from the enclosure section to form a rest its intermediate portion bent to form a partforthe pipe stem when the pipe bowl is in tial enclosure in which a pipe bowl may be 10 the enclosure.

o supported'in an upright position. 3. In a pipe support, a base member hav- In witness "whereoflI- hereunto subscribe ing a portion thereof bent to form a' clamp, my signature. v I

and a Wire pipe bowl prop having its ends EDWIN CALDWELL. 

